Nathan P. Lawrence

Dr. Nathan P. Lawrence

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Academic Career Length

11Years (2016-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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6 June 2019 in AIChE Journal
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SSSteven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
ATAditya Tulsyan
Aditya Tulsyan
NLNathan P. Lawrence
Nathan P. Lawrence
PLPhilip D. Loewen
Philip D. Loewen
BGBhushan Gopaluni
Bhushan Gopaluni

12 January 2022 in Control Engineering Practice
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NLNathan P. Lawrence
Nathan P. Lawrence
MFMichael G. Forbes
Michael G. Forbes
PLPhilip D. Loewen
Philip D. Loewen
DMDaniel G. McClement
Daniel G. McClement
JBJohan U. Backström
Johan U. Backström
BGBhushan Gopaluni
Bhushan Gopaluni

19 January 2024 in Control Engineering Practice
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NLNathan P. Lawrence
Nathan P. Lawrence
SDSeshu Kumar Damarla
Seshu Kumar Damarla
JKJong Woo Kim
Jong Woo Kim
ATAditya Tulsyan
Aditya Tulsyan
FAFaraz Amjad
Faraz Amjad
BGBhushan Gopaluni
Bhushan Gopaluni

17 September 2022 in Journal of Process Control
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DMDaniel G. McClement
Daniel G. McClement
NLNathan P. Lawrence
Nathan P. Lawrence
JBJohan U. Backström
Johan U. Backström
PLPhilip D. Loewen
Philip D. Loewen
MFMichael G. Forbes
Michael G. Forbes
RGR. Bhushan Gopaluni
R. Bhushan Gopaluni

10 October 2025 in Annual Reviews in Control
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NLNathan P. Lawrence
Nathan P. Lawrence
PLPhilip D. Loewen
Philip D. Loewen
MFMichael G. Forbes
Michael G. Forbes
BGBhushan Gopaluni
Bhushan Gopaluni
AMAli Mesbah
Ali Mesbah

24 September 2021
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DMDaniel McClement
Daniel McClement
NLNathan P. Lawrence
Nathan P. Lawrence
PLPhilip Loewen
Philip Loewen
MFMichael Forbes
Michael Forbes
JBJohan Backstrom
Johan Backstrom
BGBhushan Gopaluni
Bhushan Gopaluni
Fixed structure controllers (such as proportional-integral-derivative controllers) are used extensively in industry. Finding a practical and versatile method to tune these controllers, particularly with imprecise process models and limited online computational resources, is an industrially relevant problem which could improve the efficiency of many plants. In this paper, we present two flexible neural network-based approaches capable of tuning any fixed structure controller for any control objective and process model and compare their advantages and disadvantages. The first approach is derived from supervised learning and classical optimization techniques, while the second approach applies techniques used in deep reinforcement learning. Both approaches incorporate model uncertainties when selecting controller parameters, reducing the need for costly experiments to precisely estimate model parameters in a plant. Both methods are also computationally efficient online, enabling their widespread usage.